In north Phoenix we have several choices for budget burger places. My definition of a budget burger place is $10.00 or less and offers menus that feature burgers. I didn’t include the chain places because although we have many and some are local chains I haven’t been to them. The original budget burger place that I know of in the area is called Burger Mania. It’s decorated with fun metal sculptures of cowboys, musicians and dinosaurs…..I don’t know what the Fork the decor is about…. and if that’s not enough the window reads Chicago. Well it looks like a fun place anyway. Instead of a bar they have lots of airplane booze bottles on display for you to buy. On the menu they offer BURGERS, Chicago sandwiches, hot dogs, breakfast, gyros, Mexican food and more. I remember the used to have gum ball machines inside.

I had a pastrami single burger here…(the current price might be $7.95). I thought it was an ok burger. On the day I was there my actual burger wasn’t the most flavorful but was better than a Jack in the box burger that cost about the same.

My husband had a burger called the Ortega. (same price) His burger came with a green chili.

Another Budget Burger destination might be Rocket Burger.

They advertise that their ground beef is never frozen. Rocket Burger offers BURGERS, sandwiches, subs, beef hot dogs, fish sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and maybe a MILLION KINDS of bottled sodas………I know when they first opened they made it a point to have every root beer ever made but these days they offer any kind of flavored soda.

Anyway I had a Eddie Lopez Burger here. ( $8.39)

This burger is enormous. It is actually two thinner burgers topped with pastrami, slaw and rocket sauce. That rocket burger sauce that makes any burger or sandwich taste better. Their slaw is also very tasty and the fries really do taste like potatoes.

But my favorite sandwich here so far is the Mexican Fish Sandwich. The slaw and sauce are very flavorful and delicious. It’s a little spicy too. It was a similar in price to the burgers.

My husband had a double bacon cheese burger this time. ($8.39)

We had a blast at Rocket Burger. For several years Rocket Burger seemed like the best of the budget burgers.

*****UPDATE see other locations..Glendale location closed.*****Recently North Metro Phoenix got not one but TWO new Budget Burger Restaurants. One was Matty G’s in north Glendale. It’s not a sports bar but it is a sports theme BURGER restaurant. The menu is mostly BURGERS. They offer a chicken sandwich grilled or fried and they also offer a full bar and custard milk shakes.

I ate a grilled chicken sandwich here.

The chicken was caramelized nice but ever so slightly dry. The onion rings were very thickly breaded and it all was tasty.

My husband had an All Star Burger. ($10.00)

You can see the burgers are nicely caramelized and the fries are abundant. My husband thought it was a pretty good burger.

*****SADLY Now Closed for Business********Then CHZBURGR also opened in north Glendale.

Chzburgr offers BURGERS, Vegetarian Beyond burgers, Crispy Chicken sandwiches, a couple salads, hot dogs, sides and milk shakes.

I went with the Crispy Chicken Combo here ($9.00) and it was FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS! Very Juicy, delicious, very crispy Chicken. The sides were also well seasoned and delicious too!

My husband had a Triple Cheeseburger Combo $10.00. These burgers are very thin grass fed burgers. He liked that each beef patty in the burger came with a slice of cheese too!

These were pretty darn tasty!

Those were the Budget Burger Places I’ve been to in North Metro Phoenix.

You can find Burger Mania, Matty G’s and Chzburgr all on Facebook. Rocket Burger has a website.

www.RocketBurgers.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.